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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is so interesting. What is the point of sending kids to "good" schools - I'm talking elementary, middle, high schools and colleges and universities?

Seriously - what are people who fret about this really worried about? I really want to know because I don't get it.

Is it for them to make a lot of money?

For you to feel good that your kids are superlative?

For your children to be as happy as possible and support themselves in a wider, rapidly diversifying world?

I overheard someone saying they had lied and used another address to get their kids out of KP and into a "browner" Einstein school. After reading 14 pages of this forum post, I am thinking that's probably not such a bad idea.

When you say schools are "worse" because of FARMS kids -- what the heck does that mean? In the end, it means those students have the chance for friends who are different from themselves.

And let me say, as someone who has seen firsthand, there are just as many troubled kids in immigrant families as there are from wealthy white families around here. A business walking distance to WJ has one of the highest shoplifting rates in the region - always during school lunch breaks...hmmm.... Why would that be?

You do understand that going to the "best" schools in a way limits your college choices, right? Because universities can only take a certain number of kids from each high school. How many at Churchill apply to Harvard, vs. at Einstein? I know plenty of kids at "top" high schools who did not get into the University of Maryland at College Park -- there can only be a certain number admitted from each in-state high school, right? Otherwise, the entire freshman class would come from three counties and nowhere else in the state.

What about "good" colleges? What even does that mean? What is the goal -- after four years, your child is ... what? Smarter? Can support themselves in a high-paying job? Because you don't need a degree from a "good" college for that. And you definitely shouldn't be borrowing money to get them there. Probably investing the $300,000 into a business you gave them would be a better use of your money if that's the case.

Winning some science award or perfect SATs or a really nice house doesn't mean your kid will be happy. But constantly comparing themselves to others based on hearing those values will certainly make them a poorer person inside.

And one last word - what about religious values? What happened to loving thy neighbor, particularly the least among us?

I'm genuinely curious. What is the fear about Rock View or Wheaton or Woodward or Einstein or Northwood or Montgomery College?  What will happen if your kid went there instead of WJ or Churchill and then Vanderbilt or whatever?

Thanks![/quote]

Very simple.  If my kid is capable of Montgomery College but not Vanderbilt, then MC is fine.  If my kid is capable of Vanderbilt, I want them to have that opportunity.  If my kid is capable of theoretical physics at MIT, then I want them to have THAT opportunity.

Look, being mediocre does not mean you are bad.  But everyone should strive to maximize their potential.  Which is different for different people.

It is not wrong for parents to want the best for their children.  Actually, it's what keeps the lights on and our civilization humming.[/quote]

And you think kids who go to Einstein can't maximize their potential because...?

Also, saying that everyone "should" struggle to maximize their potential is (1) debatable and (2) complex.  Plenty of people "maximize" their career potential at grave cost to their health.  Is that worth it?

Finally, why such black and white thinking?  It's MC or Vandy?  Nothing in between?  Now that's some mediocre cognitive skills right there.[/quote]

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